2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

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2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship
Чэмпіянат Еўропы па футболе сярод дзяўчат да 17 гадоў 2016
Чемпионат Европы по футболу 2016 среди девушек до 17 лет
Tournament details
Host countryBelarus
Dates4–16 May
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)5 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Germany (5th title)
Runners-up Spain
Third place England
Fourth place Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored58 (3.63 per match)
Attendance44,601 (2,788 per match)
Top scorer(s)England Alessia Russo
Spain Lorena Navarro
(5 goals each)
Best player(s)Germany Caroline Siems[1]
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The 2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship was the ninth edition of the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, the annual European international youth football championship contested by the women's under-17 national teams of UEFA member associations. Belarus, which were selected by UEFA on 20 March 2012, hosted the tournament between 4 and 16 May 2016.[2]

A total of eight teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 1999 eligible to participate. Each match had a duration of 80 minutes, consisting of two halves of 40 minutes with a 15-minute half-time.

Same as previous editions held in even-numbered years, the tournament acted as the UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Jordan as the UEFA representatives.[3]

Qualification

Main article: 2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification

The national teams from 47 UEFA member associations entered the competition, which was a record total, including Andorra who entered a UEFA women's competition for the first time. With Belarus automatically qualified as hosts, the other 46 teams contested a qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament.[4] The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: the qualifying round, which took place in autumn 2015, and the elite round, which took place in spring 2016.[5]

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament:[6]

Team Method of qualification Finals appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
 Belarus Hosts 1st — Debut
 Germany Elite round Group 1 winners 8th 2015 Champions (2008, 2009, 2012, 2014)
 Spain Elite round Group 2 winners 7th 2015 Champions (2010, 2011, 2015)
 Czech Republic Elite round Group 3 winners 1st — Debut
 Italy Elite round Group 4 winners 2nd 2014 Third place (2014)
 Norway Elite round Group 5 winners 3rd 2015 Fourth place (2009)
 England Elite round Group 6 winners 4th 2015 Fourth place (2008, 2014)
 Serbia Elite round Group 6 runners-up 1st — Debut

Notes

  1. ^
    The best runners-up among all six elite round groups qualified for the final tournament.

Final draw

The final draw was held on 6 April 2016, 11:30 FET (UTC+3), at the Victoria Hotel in Minsk, Belarus.[7] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There was no seeding, except that hosts Belarus were assigned to position A1 in the draw.[8]

Venues

The tournament was hosted in five venues:[9]

Barysaw Minsk
Borisov Arena Haradski Stadium Traktor Stadium
Capacity: 13,126 Capacity: 5,402 Capacity: 16,500
Slutsk Zhodzina
City Stadium Torpedo Stadium
Capacity: 1,896 Capacity: 6,524

Squads

Each national team had to submit a squad of 18 players.[5]

Match officials

A total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.

Group stage

Results of teams participating at the 2016 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship

The final tournament schedule was confirmed on 7 April 2016.[10]

The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals.

Tiebreakers

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:[5]

  1. Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  2. Superior goal difference resulting from the group matches played among the teams in question;
  3. Higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  4. If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still had an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 were reapplied exclusively to the group matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 applied;
  5. Superior goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
  7. If only two teams have the same number of points, and they were tied according to criteria 1 to 6 after having met in the last round of the group stage, their rankings were determined by a penalty shoot-out (not used if more than two teams had the same number of points, or if their rankings were not relevant for qualification for the next stage).
  8. Lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received in the group matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  9. Drawing of lots.

All times were local, FET (UTC+3).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 3 3 0 0 19 3 +16 9 Knockout stage
2  Norway 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
3  Serbia 3 1 0 2 6 6 0 3
4  Belarus (H) 3 0 0 3 1 19 −18 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Belarus 1–5 Serbia
Zhitko 68' Report Poljak 7'
Agbaba 30'
Ivanović 48'
Filipović 57'
Burkert 79'
Attendance: 4,500[11]
Referee: Eleni Antoniou (Greece)
England 3–2 Norway
Charles 16'
Russo 36'
Filbey 69'		 Report Haug 59', 62'
Attendance: 2,600[11]
Referee: Vera Opeykina (Russia)
Belarus 0–12 England
Report Toone 5', 38'
Filbey 7', 19'
Russo 15', 23'
Stanway 29'
Cain 71', 75'
Smith 74', 80+5'
Brazil 80+1'
Attendance: 1,700[11]
Referee: Ana Aguiar (Portugal)
Serbia 0–1 Norway
Report Maanum 54'
Attendance: 585[11]
Referee: Elvira Nurmustafina (Kazakhstan)
Norway 2–0 Belarus
Olsen 18'
Ruud 40'		 Report
Attendance: 1,530[11]
Referee: Dimitrina Milkova (Bulgaria)
Serbia 1–4 England
Ivanović 40' Report Stanway 47' (pen.)
Brazil 68'
Charles 71'
Cain 76'
Attendance: 500[11]
Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7 Knockout stage
2  Germany 3 1 2 0 6 2 +4 5
3  Italy 3 0 2 1 1 3 −2 2
4  Czech Republic 3 0 1 2 0 5 −5 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Italy 0–0 Czech Republic
Report
Attendance: 1,730[11]
Referee: Ana Aguiar (Portugal)
Germany 2–2 Spain
Bühl 44', 74' Report Rubio 43'
Kleinherne 45' (o.g.)
Attendance: 1,826[11]
Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)
Italy 0–0 Germany
Report
Attendance: 2,500[11]
Referee: Vera Opeykina (Russia)
Czech Republic 0–1 Spain
Report L. Navarro 54'
Attendance: 1,200[11]
Referee: Dimitrina Milkova (Bulgaria)
Spain 3–1 Italy
Blanco 10'
L. Navarro 29', 58'		 Report Glionna 62'
Attendance: 2,400[11]
Referee: Eleni Antoniou (Greece)
Czech Republic 0–4 Germany
Report Ziegler 7', 22'
Müller 36', 51'
Attendance: 250[11]
Referee: Elvira Nurmustafina (Kazakhstan)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time was played).[5]

There was a third place match (i.e., FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup play-off) for this edition of the tournament as it was used as a qualifier for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup (since expansion to eight teams).

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
13 May – Zhodzina
 
 
 Spain4
 
16 May – Barysaw
 
 Norway0
 
 Spain0 (2)
 
13 May – Zhodzina
 
 Germany (p)0 (3)
 
 England3
 
 
 Germany4
 
Third place
 
 
16 May – Minsk
 
 
 Norway1
 
 
 England2

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Spain 4–0 Norway
Rubio 48'
Na. Ramos 71'
L. Navarro 73', 76'		 Report
Attendance: 4,800[11]
Referee: Vera Opeykina (Russia)
England 3–4 Germany
Brazil 31'
Russo 42', 77'		 Report Ziegler 29', 70'
Bühl 41'
Pawollek 57'
Attendance: 4,100[11]
Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)

Third place match

Winner qualified for 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Norway 1–2 England
Haug 52' Report Charles 8', 57'
Attendance: 4,180[11]
Referee: Ana Aguiar (Portugal)

Final

Spain 0–0 Germany
Report
Penalties
Rodríguez soccer ball with red X
Monente soccer ball with check mark
Andújar soccer ball with red X
L. Navarro soccer ball with red X
Na. Ramos soccer ball with check mark		 2–3 soccer ball with check mark Gwinn
soccer ball with check mark Minge
soccer ball with red X Pawollek
soccer ball with red X Müller
soccer ball with check mark Siems
Attendance: 10,200[11]
Referee: Eleni Antoniou (Greece)

Goalscorers

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Source: UEFA.com[12]

Team of the Tournament

Source: UEFA Technical Report[11]

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

The following three teams from UEFA qualified for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[13]

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 Germany 13 May 2016 4 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 Spain 13 May 2016 2 (2010, 2014)
 England 16 May 2016 1 (2008)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

References

  1. ^ "2016: Caroline Siems". UEFA.com.
  2. ^ "England, Iceland, Belarus have Women's U17 honour". UEFA. 20 March 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Decisions taken by the FIFA Executive Committee concerning women's competitions in 2016" (PDF). FIFA. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 12, 2014.
  4. ^ "Belarus the goal for record Women's U17 entry". UEFA.com. 1 November 2014.
  5. ^ a b c d "Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship, 2015/16" (PDF). UEFA.com.
  6. ^ "Women's U17 finals lineup complete". UEFA.com. 29 March 2016.
  7. ^ "Final tournament draw". UEFA.com.
  8. ^ "Women's Under-17 Championship finals draw". UEFA.com. 6 April 2016.
  9. ^ "Venue guide". UEFA.com.
  10. ^ "Women's U17 finals schedule confirmed". UEFA.com. 7 April 2016.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Technical Report (Report). UEFA. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  12. ^ "Statistics — Tournament phase — Player statistics — Goals". UEFA.com. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  13. ^ "Spain, Germany and England heading to Jordan". FIFA.com. 13 May 2016. Archived from the original on May 14, 2016.
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